Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
A critical theory of the history of journalism
Framework for the study of the Brazilian case
Chapter 2: Political doctrinaire journalism
A colony without periodical press
The first journal and exile journalism
Gazettes and the printing monopoly
Pasquinade after the end of censorship
Emergence of daily newspapers
Chapter 3: Informative literary journalism
Decline of the partisan and community press
Renewal of journalism through literary magazines
Expansion of the mainstream across the country
Birth of media chains and their barons
Rise of modern journalism amid authoritarianism
Chapter 4: Industrial news journalism
The North American influence on Brazilian journalism
Mainstream and alternative press in the Military Dictatorship
Media conglomerates and the news industry
Establishment and predominance of broadcasting journalism
Specialization and professionalization of newsrooms
Chapter 3: Multimedia content journalism
Popular journalism and the new middle class
The digitization of the press and news websites
All-news broadcasting and media convergence
Professional and amateur in the context of crisis
Metamorphosis of contemporary journalism
Chapter 6: Closing remarks
Index
Biography
Otávio Daros is Postdoctoral Researcher and Collaborating Professor in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. He is the author of the book Writing Journalism History: The Press and Academia in Brazil, a historiography of knowledge production in journalism. His articles have been published in journals such as Communication Theory and Media, Culture & Society.
“In this book, Otávio Daros presents a thorough and critical history of Brazilian journalism, supported by extensive research. This is a central work for anyone who wants to understand the development of the press in Brazil and its context in Latin America, highlighting, among other points, the influence of the United States journalism model on Brazilian practices and the ideologies of the owners of the major media outlets.”
Juremir Machado da Silva, Professor at PUCRS and Doctor Honoris Causa of Montpellier III, award-winning journalist and historian
